8540 — Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes, cathode ray tubes, television camera tubes)
In the EU Combined Nomenclature this heading has 12 eight-digit codes, conventional duty from 2.6 to 14 %. In the EAEU tariff, heading 8540 has 19 ten-digit codes, base import duty from 0 to 8 %.
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EU codes
| EU code | Description | EU rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8540 11 00 | Colour | 14 % |
| 8540 12 00 | Monochrome | 7.5 % |
| 8540 20 | Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes | |
| 8540 20 10 | Television camera tubes | 2.7 % |
| 8540 20 80 | Other | 2.7 % |
| 8540 40 00 | Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm | 2.6 % |
| 8540 60 00 | Other cathode ray tubes | 2.6 % |
| 8540 71 00 | Magnetrons | 2.7 % |
| 8540 79 00 | Other | 2.7 % |
| 8540 81 00 | Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes | 2.7 % |
| 8540 89 00 | Other | 2.7 % |
| 8540 91 00 | Of cathode ray tubes | 2.7 % |
| 8540 99 00 | Other | 2.7 % |
EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, conventional rate for third countries · European Commission · rate for your country of origin: TARIC
EAEU codes (base rates)
| Code | HS 6 subheading | Supp. unit | Base rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8540 11 000 1 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 11 000 2 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 11 000 3 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 11 000 4 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 11 000 6 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 11 000 9 | Colour | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 12 000 0 | Monochrome | pcs | 0 % |
| 8540 20 100 0 | Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 20 800 0 | Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 40 000 0 | Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 60 000 0 | Other cathode ray tubes | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 71 000 1 | Magnetrons | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 71 000 9 | Magnetrons | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 79 000 1 | Other | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 79 000 9 | Other | pcs | 5 % |
| 8540 81 000 0 | Receiver or amplifier valves and tubes | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 89 000 0 | Other | pcs | 8 % |
| 8540 91 000 0 | Of cathode ray tubes | — | 5 % |
| 8540 99 000 0 | Other | — | 8 % |
EAEU Common Customs Tariff, chapter 85, updated 05.07.2026 · Eurasian Economic Commission
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What the rate does not include
This is the base import duty. It excludes anti-dumping and other trade defence measures, preferential rates under trade agreements, import VAT and excise. Customs decides the code of a specific product — this directory is not a binding classification.